Pot for artificial flowers or the like



Feb. '16, 1932. D. H. cRossER POT FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS OR THE LIKE Filed June 8, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet Feb. 16, 1932. D. H. CROSSER POT FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS OR THE LIKE Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE nnvrn n. onossnn, or onrcnco, rumors, n ssren oa T n. n ennnazan r COMPANY, a

conroan'rron or ILLINOIS t r POT FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS OR LIKE Application filed JuneB, 1931. Serial No. 542,718.

The present invention has for its object to produce a simple, attractive and inexpensive device for use as a pot for artificial flowers, or a similar purpose. a

In order that an artificial flower, or a group thereof, may present an attractive, natural appearance, it is necessary that they be firmly supported by their stems. One of the objects of the present invention is toproduce a simple and novel flower pot construction that will make it possible quickly and easily to attach thereto thestems of flowers, at any point in the pot, and in any desired angular position. 1

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a box or flower pot arranged in accordance with the preferred form of my invention, a small fragment being broken away; Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2, showing only the outermost shell or container, with the upper part broken away; Fig. 4 is a plan View of the separate top wall for the container; Fig. 5 is a top plan View of a fragment of the yieldable cushion or support for the top wall; Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification; Fig. 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the resilient support or cushion; and Fig. 9 is an edge view, on a somewhat larger scale than Fig. 7, showing the separate top Wall.

Referring to Figs. 1-5 of the drawings, 1 represents a shell open at the top and bottom, the same being conveniently made of cardboard so that the outer faces may be suitably decorated while the blank is in a flat condi tion. The shell is tapered, being smaller at the bottom than at the top. The effective bottom 2 for the shell or container is the bot om wall of a cup-shaped liner 3 which may also be made of cardboard in the form of a blank properly cut and scored so that, when it is set into the shell or container, the bottom wall extends to the bottom of the latter, while the sides fit snugly against the side portions of the shell or container. If desired, a metal plate 4 may be set in the bottom of the receptacle thus formed, to lower the center of gravity of the same.

Within the receptacle is a high cushion 5 resting on the bottom of the receptacle. This cushion may conveniently be composed of a strip of corrugated board rolled up into the form of a substantially solid cylinder. The top of the receptacle is closed by a separate wall member 6 that rests on the cushion, being held down. on the same by suitablemeans along the rim of the receptacle. In the arrangement shown, the .container or shell 1 is made somewhat taller than the liner; the projecting upper portions being cut so asjto form a series of flaps. These fiapsarebent down at an acute angle, and rest upon the marginal portions of the Wall member 6; whereby this wall member is held down against the cushion and cannot be lifted out of the rece tacle until the flanges are bent up again. T e flanges are preferably interlocked with the wall member 6. In the arran ement shown, this wall member has in the edges long, deep notches 8 into which project ears 9 on the free, long edges, of j the, flanges, when the flanges are turned down. a i

In Fig. 2, the two flanges that are in crosssection are shown in their normallocking positions, while the flange that is in elevation is shown upright, prior. to being swung down as are the other two flanges.

It will befseenthat a pin or wire may be thrust down through the topwall of shadevice and into the. cushion, at any point throughout a large central area. Also, if a pin or wire be inserted at anangle, it may pass through the top of the receptacle near a side or a corner and still reach the cushion. Because of the nature of the cushion, it will take agrip on apin or wirethrustinto the sameandtlius hold it inplace.

a modified In Figs. 6 9, there is shown form of device in the formof a transversely elongated pot or box. The shell orc ontainer 11 and the liner with its bottom 12 are the same except as to size and shape, as the members 1, 3 and 2 of the other form. The cushion 15 is made of a strip of double-faced corrugated board bent into an endless band. When the endless band is set on edge, the corrugations are vertical. The top wall 16 of the device is composed of a plurality of layers of corrugated board laid one upon the other. This composite Wall member rests on the cushion and is held down'by the flanges 1'? on the container or shell, as before; these flanges having cars 19 that enter notches 18- in the edge of the composite top wall.

In this form of my invention, while the cushion 15 may be penetrated by a wire or pin, the principal holding effect is secured by the composite top wall which is thick enough successfully to hold in place a flower stem inserted into or through the same.

WVhile I have illustrated and described with particularity only asingle preferred formof my invention, with a single modification, I do not desire to be limited to the exact strnctural details thus illustrated and dei scribed; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come Within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim: I i

LA device of the character described, comprising an open ended outer container smaller in cross-sectional area at the bottom than at the top, a cup-shaped member filling the container, a cushion in said member, a,

- separate topwall for the container resting on the cushion, and means at the top of the container to hold the said top wall down on the cushion.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle open at the top, a cushion in the receptacle, a separate top wall for the container resting on the cushion, and means atthe rim of the receptacle holding said wall against the cushion.

' '3. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle open at the. top, a resilient member resting on the bottom of the receptacle and extending toward the top,'a separate top wall for the receptacle resting on said member, and means at the rim of the receptacle to hold said wall againstsaid' member,'said wall and said member being of a material that will frictionally grip a pin or wire thrust into the same. 7

4, A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle open at the top, means forming a top closure for the receptacle comprising a top wall element and a yieldable element supporting the wall element and resting on the bottom of the receptacle, said means being composed of material easily 7 penetrable by a pin or wire, said wall element having notches at the edges thereof, and said receptaclehaving at the top, flanges bent down over the marginal portions of said wall element and provided with ears extending down into said notches.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a container open at the top and bottom and smaller in cross-sectional area at the bottom than at the top, a cup-shaped liner fitting into said container and closing the bottom thereof, a high cushion resting on the bottom of said liner, a separate top wall for the container resting on the cushion, and means at the rim of the container holding the said top wall down on the cushion.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a container open at the top and bottom and smaller in cross-sectional area at the bottom than at the top, acup-shaped liner fitting into said container and closing the bottom thereof, a high cushion resting on the bottom of said liner, a separate top, wall for the container resting on the cushion, said top Wall having notches, at the edges, flanges at the top of the container extending down upon the marginal portions of said top wall, said flanges having ears projecting into said notches to hold the'fl anges in their down positions. I

In testimony whereof, I sign this'speoification. I

DAVID CROSSER. 

